Originally Posted by strfyr51
when did this get to be ALL ABOUT you?? since when DID THE CAL GUYS TAKE YOUR PASSES?? Man? This Be UNITED!! XJT is part of Skywest as I recall or am I missing something?? Weren't you just BOUGHT?? Why then do you believe United owes you anything?? Even the Pilots can't dictate pass benefits. That's a COMPANY derivied benefit that the COMPANY changes as they see FIT. Last I saw? You aren't COMPANY any more!!
The jumpseat rules are company a well with the capt's discretion. You place much in BLAME and know very little in FACT. Unless somebody says I'm wrong and shows me up as such I think you're wrongly casting blame.
Now as far as the 70 seaters go?? XJT never HAD 70 seaters so again you have no horse in this race. And tell me What's Wrong with the pilots trying to protect what they have?? Aren't YOU a pilot?? They're not doing it TO you! they're doing it FOR you as I can see it unless again I'm highly mistaken and one of these kind souls will correct me..
While I agree with most of your post, I don't think you understand history in regards to XJT. Now, I am not saying I agree with him coming on here moaning and groaning...I don't. However a little clarification is needed:
1. Yes, the pass travel was changed for XJT, but as has been mentioned. The CAL pilots, the CAL employees nor anyone other than management has anything to do with pass travel. If management wanted to do away with all employee travel and make everyone buy tickets, in theory they could. So XJT pilots need to stop laying the blame for pass travel at the feet of any CAL employee except management.
2. In regards to the jumpseat, I think a pilot knows how it works and it is not as simple as you made out. For the jumpseat, I can see an XJT pilot having a legitimate gripe against CAL ALPA. The CAL jumpseat committee requested a change to the priority of XJT pilots. From what I understand they are now lumped in with ALL OTHER OFFLINE pilots and not given any consideration for being a CAL/UNITED EXPRESS feeder pilot (i.e. CAL/UAL pilot first, CAL/UAX Express pilots next, then all other off line pilots). That I feel is a valid complaint. They should get some priority if they are feeding our system over say an American Airlines pilot instead of first-come, first-served status. Not sure why the change was requested, but never have heard one line pilot saying they wanted this change.